What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man … - Emil Cioran

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What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

Emil Cioran

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Emil Cioran (8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist whose work is known for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, which frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism.

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Alternative Names: Emil Mihai Cioran • Emil-Michel Cioran

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Each of us is born with a share of purity, predestined to be corrupted by our commerce with mankind, by that sin against solitude.

Nothing is a better proof of how far humanity has regressed than the impossibility of finding a single nation, a single tribe, among whom birth still provokes mourning and lamentations.

The universal view melts things into a blur.

What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity? - Emil Cioran

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